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Disclaimer

Liability for content
The contents of these pages were created with the greatest of care. For the correctness, completeness and timeliness of the content, we cannot take any responsibility. As a service provider we are responsible for own contents provided in accordance with § 7 paragraph 1 TMG on these pages under the general law. According to §§ 8 to 10 TMG we as service providers are not obliged to monitor transmitted or stored foreign information or to investigate circumstances that indicate illegal activity. Obligations to remove or block access to information under the general laws remain unaffected. A liability in this respect, however, is only possible from the date of the knowledge of a concrete infringement. Upon notification of such violations, we will remove the content immediately.

Liability for Links
Our offer contains links to external web sites of third parties, of which we have no influence on their content. Therefore, we cannot accept responsibility for these third party contents. The contents of the linked pages are always the responsibility of the respective provider or operator of the pages. The linked pages were checked at the time of linking for possible legal violations. Illegal contents were not apparent at the time of linking. A permanent control of the linked pages is unreasonable without concrete evidence of a violation. Upon notification of such violations, we will remove the content immediately.

Copyright
The content created by the website operators and the works on these pages are subject to German copyright law. The reproduction, modification, distribution, or any kind of exploitation outside the limits of copyright requires the written consent of the author or creator. Downloads and copies are permitted only for personal, non-commercial use. As far as the operator did not create the contents on this page, the copyrights of third parties will be respected. In particular, third party content is marked as such. Should you become aware of copyright infringement, we kindly ask for a corresponding note. Upon notification of such violations, we will remove the content immediately.

Privacy policy
The use of our website is usually possible without providing personal information. The collection of any personal data on our site (such as name, address or e-mail address) is as far as possible on a voluntary basis. These data will not be passed on to third parties without your permission.
We indicate that the transfer of data on the Internet (such as for example the communication by e-mail) can have security vulnerabilities. A continuum of protection of the data prior to the access by third parties is not possible.
The use within the limits of imprint requirement of published contact information by a third party for sending unsolicited advertisements and information materials is hereby excluded expressly. The operators of the pages explicitly reserve the right to take legal steps in the case of the unsolicited transmission of advertising material, such as through spam.

Data protection
It is generally possible to use our website without providing personal data. Insofar as we collect personal data via this website (for example, name, address or e-mail addresses), this is, as far as possible, always on a voluntary basis. Your personal data will not be shared with third parties without your express permission. We wish to remind you that there are inherent security risks in transmitting data (for example, email communication) via the Internet. It is not possible to ensure that data is completely protected against unauthorised access by third parties. Third parties are expressly prohibited from using contact details published herein, as required under the “Impressum” (legal notice) requirement of German law, for the purpose of sending advertising or informational material which has not been specifically requested. Where spam e-mails or other unsolicited advertising information is sent, the operators of the relevant websites specifically reserve the right to take legal action.

Privacy policy statement regarding the use of Facebook plugins (Like button)
Plugins from the Facebook social network, 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA, are integrated on our website. You can identify the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the “Like” button on our website. For an overview of Facebook plugins, please visit: developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/. Whenever you visit our website, a direct connection is established via the plugin between your web browser and the Facebook server. Facebook is then notified that your IP address has visited our website. If you click the Facebook “Like” button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link our web content with your Facebook profile. This enables Facebook to verify your visit to our web pages on your user account. As the website provider, we wish to point out that we have no knowledge of the content of the transferred data and of how Facebook uses it. For more information about this, please refer to the Facebook privacy statement at en-us.facebook.com/policy.php. If you do not want Facebook to be able to assign your visit to our website to your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

Privacy Statement for the Use of Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and allow an analysis of the use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this site are usually sent to a server of Google in the U.S. and stored there. In the case of activation of the IP-anonymization on this website, your IP-address from Google will be truncated before within the Member States of the European Union or other Parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area previously reduced.
Only in exceptional cases, the full IP-address will be transferred to a Google server in the USA and reduced there. On behalf of the operator of this site, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity together and to provide other with website and internet related services to the site operator. The IP-Address sent by your browser in the scope of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data of Google.
You can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, we point out, however, that in this case not all the features of this site are in full use. In addition, you can prevent the collection of the data produced by the cookie and the data related to your use of the website (including your IP-address) by Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the available browser Plug-in under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.